System Shock 2's SHODAN May Get a Dota 2 Announcer Pack

System Shock 2 antagonist SHODAN may be the voice of the next Dota 2 announcer pack.

A post went up on Reddit's Dota 2 subreddit today by Stephen Kick, CEO of Night Dive Studios - a studio that has brought many classic games to Steam, including games such as I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, The 7th Guest and yes, System Shock 2.

"We're all big DotA fans and after attending TI4 this year we began thinking about ways we could blend our love of classic games and DotA," Kick said. "One of our better ideas was creating a SHODAN announcer pack."

SHODAN is the rogue, sentient artificial intelligence that acts as antagonist throughout SS2; her iconic voice is likely to trigger SHODAN-related nightmares again in players that remember the game.

Kick reveals that the studio has got Terri Brosius, voice of SHODAN, on board with the project, as well as SS2's sound engineer Eric Brosius. However, it seems that Valve is waiting to see what community feedback on the SS2 and Dota 2 crossover is like, so if this is something that interests you, feel free to get over to the Reddit thread to have your say.

IGN's review of System Shock 2 deemed the game "brilliant"; Its cyberpunk horror setting went on to influence games such as the BioShock series. Other classic video game figures to have become Dota 2 announcers have included The Stanley Parable's narrator and GLaDOS from the Portal series.

Katie Williams is a freelance writer and games journalist. She tweets at @desensitisation and hopes that one day, a bird will tweet back.